Committed to Victory : The Kentucky Home Front During World War II / Richard E. Holl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holl, Richard E., 1960-

Series:

Topics in Kentucky History

Topics in Kentucky history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Kentucky.

World War, 1939-1945.

United States--Social conditions--1933-1945.

United States.

Kentucky--History--20th century.

Kentucky.

Kentucky--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When World War II broke out in Europe in September 1939, Kentucky was still plagued by the Great Depression. Even though the inevitably of war had become increasingly apparent earlier that year, the citizens of the Commonwealth continued to view foreign affairs as a lesser concern compared to issues such as the lingering economic depression, the approaching planting season, and the upcoming gubernatorial race. It was only the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that destroyed any lingering illusions of peace. In Committed to Victory: The Kentucky Home Front During World War II, author Richard Holl

Contents:

Kentucky war plants and weapons

Ralph, Rosie, and labor-management relations

Food for freedom

Rationing, price controls, and the black market

Politics as usual

Kentucky on guard

A Black man's place and a new place for Blacks

Choosing to go: migration, identity, and social change

Loved ones

Rupp on the rise and Rubinstein's wine: entertainment in a barbaric age.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813166674

0813166675

9780813165653

0813165652